Greater Lawrence Family Health Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

A residency sponsored by Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, a federally qualified health center serving a largely Latino urban community in the Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts, using a four-year format adopted after the ACGME selected it for a national length-of-training study beginning with the 2013 entering class. Residents carry personal patient panels at sites recognized as NCQA Level 3 patient-centered medical homes, while inpatient and maternity training is based at Lawrence General Hospital with additional obstetric rotations at Holy Family Hospital. Nine areas of concentration are offered, including addiction medicine, advanced surgical maternity care, HIV and viral hepatitis, and health systems leadership, alongside longitudinal Spanish-language and global health curricula. The program was designated a Teaching Health Center in 2011 and reports 239 alumni as of July 2024 practicing in underserved communities in the United States and abroad.